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Philadelphie (en anglais : Philadelphia, /ˌf ɪ ləˈdɛlfiə/ ), surnommée Philly, est une ville du Commonwealth de Pennsylvanie, située dans le nord est des États-Unis, entre New York et Washington D.C. Le nom de la ville, choisi par William Penn, signifie « amitié fraternelle 4 » en grec, car elle devait être un îlot de tolérance religieuse .
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Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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17th century
Before Philadelphia was colonized by Europeans, the area was inhabited by the Lenape (Delaware) Indians. The Delaware River Valley was called the Zuyd, meaning "South" River, or Lënapei Sipu. Located north of what will eventually become the Center City and on the east bank of the Schuylkill was a Lenape settlement named Coaquannock, meaning "grove of pines." One of the largest Lenape settlements in the region, located in today's South Philadelphia near the confluence of the Schuylkill and Del...
18th century
Philadelphia became an important trading center and major port. Initially the city's main source of trade was with the West Indies, which had established sugar cane plantations as part of the Triangle Trade associated with Africa and Europe. During Queen Anne's War in 1702 and 1713 with the French, trade was cut off to the West Indies, inflicting financial harm on Philadelphia. The end of the war brought brief prosperity to all of British possessions, but a depression in the 1720s stunted Phi...
19th century
In the mid and late 1850s, immigrants from Ireland and Germany streamed into the city, swelling the population of Philadelphia and its suburbs. In Philadelphia, as the rich moved west of 7th Street, the poor moved into the upper class' former homes, which were converted into tenements and boarding houses. Many small row houses crowded alleyways and small streets, and these areas were filthy, filled with garbage and the smell of manure from animal pens. During the 1840s and 1850s, hundreds die...
Former city council president John F. Street was elected mayor in 1999 and city revitalization continued into the 21st century. The Street administration targeted some of the city's worst neighborhoods for revitalization and made considerable progress. Tax breaks created in 1997 and 2000 helped create a condominiumboom in Center City, increasing th...
City directories and old sources
1. H.C. Carey & I. Lea (1824), Philadelphia in 1824; or, a brief account of the various institutions and public objects in this metropolis, being a complete guide for strangers, Philadelphia, PA, USA: H.C. Carey & I. Lea 2. City Directory. 1785; 1791; 1795; 1799; 1800; 1801; 1802; 1808; 1810; 1819; 1822; 1825; 1837; 1841; 1849; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1861; 1866; 1867 3. Watson, John Fanning (1855), Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of...
The Philadelphia Portal. Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the ...
Centre historique, culturel et artistique majeur aux États-Unis, Philadelphie est également un grand port industriel sur le fleuve Delaware, qui se jette dans l' océan Atlantique. Fondée en 1682, elle fut, jusqu'en 1790, la ville la plus peuplée d' Amérique du Nord.
Philadelphia, colloquially Philly, is the 6th most populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population of the city was 1,603,797 people in 2020. Philadelphia was the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800.
